Best-selling Christmas albums by RIAA certification
Year of Release
Artist(s)
Title
1971
Elvis Presley
Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas
1957
Elvis Presley
Elvis’ Christmas Album (original release)
2011
Justin Bieber
Under the Mistletoe
2014
Pentatonix
That’s Christmas to Me
What is the highest selling Christmas album?
Elvis’ Christmas Album
Elvis Presley’s “Elvis’ Christmas Album” reigns as the biggest-selling Christmas album of all time in the United States. The set has been certified as having sold 10 million copies according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Who is the biggest-selling Christmas artist of all time?
Elvis Presley’s
Elvis Presley’s Elvis’ Christmas Album reigns as the biggest-selling Christmas album of all time in the United States. The set has been certified as having sold 10 million copies according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Who has best Christmas album?
The 20 Best Christmas Albums of All Time
Nat King Cole: The Magic of Christmas/The Christmas Song.
Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas.
The Beach Boys: A Beach Boys’ Christmas Album.
James Brown: A Soulful Christmas.
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: It’s a Holiday Soul Party.
Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas.
What was the best selling Christmas Album of 1970?
The best-selling Christmas album of 1970 was The Jackson 5 Christmas Album, by The Jackson 5. The best-selling Christmas album of 1971 was A Partridge Family Christmas Card, by The Partridge Family. The best-selling Christmas album of 1972 was The Jackson 5 Christmas Album, by The Jackson 5.
When did the Christmas Album Chart stop being published?
It was discontinued in 1986, but resumed in 1987 and continued each year under the “Christmas Albums” name until 1993. In 1994, the chart was renamed to “Holiday Albums” and has been published by Billboard each year since.
When did Richard Cash release his first Christmas album?
Richard’s soft-rock production and gloppy orchestral arrangements aren’t bad either – a kind of warmed-over, sunken-den-Seventies version of Forties merriment. Cash recorded Christmas albums throughout his career. In 2003, the year he died, Sony Legacy released this excellent collection of songs cut between 1962 and 1980.
What kind of music is on a Christmas album?
A Christmas Album is unapologetically spiritual and sonically quite bold, full of sweeping orchestral arrangements, weird synthy pathways and twangy, down-home touchy-feelies (It’s impossible not to yearn for home when you hear “Tennessee Christmas,” whether you hail from the South or not) alike.